Edward blount



(No Model.)

E. BLOUNT. BARR-BL l.llTTAGHMEN No. 554,211. Patented Peb. 4.1896..

EDWARD BLOUNT, OF QUITMAN, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE BLOUNT TURPENTINE TOOL COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BARREL ATTACHVI ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,211, dated February 4, 1896.

Application filed July Z9, 1895.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD BLOUNT, acitizen of the United States, residing at Quitman, in the county of Brooks and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Barrel At tachment, of which the following is a specifi cation.

This invention relates to barrel attachments; and it has for its object to provide a new and useful scuttle-head attachment for barrels that is particularly designed to be used in connection with turpentine-dip barrels after the original head thereof has been removed.

To this end, therefore, the main and primary object of the present invention is to provide a scuttlehead attachment for barrels that will give the largest possible opening or scuttle for the contents of the barrel to flow out of, while at the same time strengthening and reinforcing the open end of the barrel from which the original head has been removed.

Furthermore, the invention also provides means whereby when used in connection with a turpentine-barrel the gum can be put into the barrel easily and readily by the dipper, while at the same time providing means for easily and securely fastening the removable cover or head in position within the open end of the barrel when the same is iilled.

With these and other obj ects in view,wl1ich will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a section al view of the upper part of a turpentine-barrel equipped with the herein-described improvement. Fig. 2 is a detail in perspective of the ring-plate removed from the barrel. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the removable cover preferably employed in connection with the ring-plate.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates an ordinary barrel, preferably of that character employed for transporting the crude gum to the distillery, and said barrel is provided with the usual croze 2, in which the edges of the original head fitted, and in Serial No. 7,448.` (No model.)

the present invention the position occupied by the original head of the barrel is adapted to be occupied by the stationary ring-plate 3. The stationary ring-plate 3 is provided with a double-beveled outer edge 4 that snugly registers inthe croze 2 of the barrel, and by tightening the hoops of the barrel after the ysaid ring-plate has been fitted in position the same will be held rmly in place so as to form a rigid base or support for the removable cover, to be referred to, and it will also be observed that by reason of employing the ring-plate 3 the largest possible opening or scuttle is provided for that end of the barrel from which the crude turpentine gum is iiowed in emptying the barrel, while at the same time the said rin g-plate strengthens and reinforces the barrel at the point where it is located, as will be obvious. The said ringplate 3 is provided upon its under side at diametricallyopposite points of its inner edge with the iiat lug portions 5, and upon its upper side adjacent to its inner edge the said ring-plate is provided with a pointed ridge 6, that is adapted to it in a similarly-shaped circular groove 7, formed in the under side of the removable cover 8, that is adapted to be placed directly on top of the ring-plate to form a closure for the barrel. The said removable cover 8 is provided with a central opening 9, in which loosely works the ringbolt 10, the inner threaded end of which engages in the threaded opening 1l of the nutplate 12, fastened to the under side of the lock-bar 13. The lock-bar 13 is provided near one end with a pin-opening 14, that loosely receives a fixed pin 15, projected from the lower side of the cover and serving to hold the lock-bar 13 against turning, so that the ring-bolt can be screwed and unscrewed in said nuteplate.

By unscrewing the ring-bolt 10 the lock bar 13 may be allowed to lower away from the lower side of the cover sufciently so that the opposite endsof said lock-bar can be engaged under and disengaged from under the inner edge of the ring-plate 3, and in placing the cover in position after the ends of the lock-bar have been engaged under the inner edge of the ring-plate at diametrically-opposite points by screwing up the ring-bolt the IOO lock-bar will be clamped tight against the under side of the ring-plate to securely lock the cover in position, and as thus arranged the ends of the lock-bar are preferably held against the opposite fiat lug portions 5 of the ring-plaie. IVhen the cover is in position on the ring-plate the ridge 6 and groove 7 insure a liquid-tight joint and complete a tight closure for the barrel.

Other means than those described for locking the cover onto the ring-plate may be employed, and other changes in the form, proportion, andthe minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

In a barrel attachment, the combination of a ring-plate provided with a beveled outer edge adapted to engage in the croze of a barrel, a circular pointed ridge projected from its upper side and near its inner edge, and flat lug portions on its under side at diametrically-opposite points of its inner edge, a cover provided in its under side with a circular groove registering with the ridge of said plate, and with a depending iixed pin, a lock-bar arranged under the cover and provided with a central nut-plate and with a pin-opening loosely receiving said fixed pin, the opposite extremities of said lock-bar being adapted to rest directly on the ilat lug portions of said ringplate, and an adjusting bolt loosely mounted in the cover and having its threads engaging the threads of said nut-plate, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD BLOUNT. IVitnesses:

SAM. S. ROUNTEN, LEWIS L. JoINnR. 

